INVER GROVE HEIGHTS, Minn., July 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Travel Tags, Inc. and Nordstrom were honored at the 2012 Print Excellence and Knowledge (PEAK) Awards and selected as the Grand Award winner in PEAK's "Plastic Cards - Gift Cards" category for their Blades of Grass Gift Card. The Awards were hosted by the Print Services and Distribution Association (PSDA).

The card was printed for Nordstrom, and was designed by fashion designer Ruben Toledo. Travel Tags' production experts came up with a construction that made the artwork come to life. The card was constructed in a unique manner using a right read, wrong read technique with foil attached to the back. It allows the card to have a 3D feel and a good sense of depth without having to use a 3D lenticular lens. It also gives the cardholder the illusion of blades of grass swaying in the wind.

"When you're in this business, you see a lot of great-looking cards ... but every now and then, there's one that really stands out as 'special.' This was one of those cards. The moment it came off press, we were all smiles and knew that the Blades of Grass Gift Card was going to be a memorable design. It was a lot of fun working through the design concepts with our customer and creating a construction that would enhance their design. We were all so pleased with how this one came out," said Jodi Belden, Sales Representative at Travel Tags, Inc.

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The PEAK Awards is a prestigious competition that honors the work of print professionals who have met their customers' printing needs by providing outstanding value-added products and services through creativity in design, production, fulfillment and other services while solving problems or improving business functions.

ABOUT TRAVEL TAGS, INC.

Travel Tags, Inc. is a world leader in developing and delivering unique and innovative solutions centered around card printing, personalization and fulfillment, specialty and dimensional printing. Travel Tags, Inc. serves as an umbrella over strategically located specialty print studios, sales offices and manufacturing facilities. The company has more than 40 years of printing experience and is the world's leading provider of high-quality lenticular and custom-printed plastics.

For more information on Travel Tags, Inc., including examples of our work, check out our website at: http://www.traveltags.com

ABOUT THE PRINT SERVICES AND DISTRIBUTION ASSOCIATION

The Print Services and Distribution Association (PSDA) is the exclusive non-profit professional association dedicated to enhancing the success of the distributor channel for business communications, including print, marketing and related services. PSDA is the oldest and largest non-profit association in the industry - our members include distributors, trade printers, suppliers and technology partners working together to provide differentiated solutions to end-user customers. PSDA members comprise a broad network of supply chain partners representing nearly 1,000 companies and more than 10,000 active participants who account for more than $5 billion in combined annual sales. Learn more about PSDA at http://www.psda.org

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Travel Tags Named PEAK 2012 Grand Award Winner for the Plastic Cards - Gift Cards Category